Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner | |
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Posadowsky-Wehner, photographed by Nicola Perscheid before 1930. | |
Secretary for the Treasury of German Empire | |
In office 1 September 1893 – 1 July 1897 |
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Chancellor | Leo von Caprivi (1890–1894) Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1894–1900) |
Preceded by | Helmuth von Maltzahn |
Succeeded by | Max Franz Guido von Thielmann |
Secretary of the Interior of German Empire | |
In office 1 July 1897 – 24 June 1907 |
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Chancellor | Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1894–1900) Bernhard von Bülow (1900–1909) |
Preceded by | Karl Heinrich von Boetticher |
Succeeded by | Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg |
Personal details | |
Born | 3 June 1845 Gross-Glogau, Province of Silesia, Prussia |
Died | 23 October 1932 Naumburg, Province of Saxony, Prussia |
(aged 87)
Nationality | German |
Political party | German National People's Party |
Alma mater | University of Berlin University of Heidelberg University of Breslau |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Arthur, Count of Posadowsky-Wehner, Baron of Postelwitz (German: Arthur Graf von Posadowsky-Wehner Freiherr von Postelwitz, 3 June 1845 – 23 October 1932) was a German conservative politician and statesman. He served as Secretary for the Treasury (1893–1897), Secretary of the Interior, Vice Chancellor of Germany and Prussian Minister of State (1897–1907).
Born to Silesian nobility, the son of a judge, he studied law in Berlin, Heidelberg and Breslau and earned a doctorate in law in 1867. He subsequently acquired an agricultural property, and entered politics in 1871, when he became a member of the province government in Posen. In 1882 he became a member of the Parliament of Prussia, and was appointed Landeshauptmann of Posen in 1885.
He was the candidate of the German National People's Party for President of Germany in 1919, but lost to Friedrich Ebert.
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Preceded by Karl Heinrich von Boetticher |
Vice Chancellor of Germany 1897–1907 |
Succeeded by Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg |
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